Far South Side man held on $1M bail in East Chatham fatal shooting

A far South Side man was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail Saturday after being charged in a September shooting that killed a 22-year-old man in the city's East Chatham neighborhood.

Erick T. Horton, 34, of the 10800 block of South Edbrooke Avenue, was charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 4 shooting death of Nigell Vazquez.

Horton appeared in court Saturday where he was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail.

About 8:30 p.m. that day, Vazquez had been sitting alone on a porch on the 8600 block of South Ingleside Avenue, when two people walked up to the porch, pointed their guns and opened fire, prosecutors said. They then fled the scene.

Vazquez, of the 1700 block of East 56th Street, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police said Friday that Horton shot Vazquez in his back. Horton has no prior criminal record and is currently unemployed, according to court documents.